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TERMS OF SERVICE
Welcome to SqoolTechs, LLC.
SqoolTechs provides its services to you, subject to the following
conditions. When using particular SqoolTechs, LLC services, you and
SqoolTechs, LLC shall be subject to any posted guidelines or rules
applicable to such services. SqoolTechs may update these conditions
from time to time without notice. All users,
with either free or paid
accounts, are subject to SqoolTechs, LLC terms of service agreement.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE
SqoolTechs, LLC provides users with
access to online services that allow you to create and manage courses
with a variety of instructional tools that enable you to perform
functions such as track students' scores; and create your own home
pages for posting assignments, class schedules, and links to your
favorite Web sites. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new
features that augment or enhance the current services, including the
release of new SqoolTechs, LLC services, shall be subject to the Terms
of Service (TOS). You understand and agree that all services are
provided "AS-IS" and that SqoolTechs, LLC assumes no responsibility for
the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user
communications or personalization settings.
TRADEMARK AND COPYRIGHT NOTICES
Copyright© SqoolTechs.com,
L.L.C..
SqoolTechs, SqoolTools, HomeSqool, www.SqoolTechs.com,
www.SqoolTools.com, www.HomeSqool.com,
SqoolTechs.com, SqoolTools.com, HomeSqool.com and/or all other
SqoolTechs logos, characters, names and services referred
to by SqoolTechs, LLC are registered trademarks or
trademarks of SqoolTechs L.L.C. All rights reserved.
In order to use the services, you
must obtain access to the World Wide Web, either directly or through
devices that access Web-based content, and pay any service fees
associated with such access. In addition, you must provide all
equipment necessary to make such connection to the World Wide Web,
including a computer and modem or other access device.
YOUR REGISTRATION OBLIGATIONS
In
consideration of your use of SqoolTechs, LLC's services, you agree to:
(a) provide true, accurate, current and complete information about
yourself as prompted by the registration form (such information being
the "Registration Data") and (b) maintain and promptly update the
Registration Data to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete. If
you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or
incomplete, or SqoolTechs, LLC has reasonable grounds to suspect that
such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete,
SqoolTechs, LLC has the right to suspend or terminate your account and
refuse any and all current or future use of SqoolTech's services (or
any portion thereof).
SQOOLTECHS, LLC PRIVACY POLICY
Please review our Privacy Policy,
which governs your visit to all websites and services of SqoolTechs,
LLC, to understand our practices.
MEMBER ACCOUNTS, PASSWORDS, AND
SECURITY
When
you use any SqoolTechs, LLC service, you are responsible for
maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for
restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept
responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or
password. When you visit SqoolTechs services or send e-mails to us, you
are communicating with us electronically. You agree that all
agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that we
provide to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such
communications be in writing.
SqoolTechs,
LLC provides services that enhance the teaching and learning
processes. Members must keep in mind that student information
must remain confidential in an online environment. It is the
responsibility of each user to keep all personal and contact
information private. Under no circumstances will
SqoolTechs, LLC be liable in any way for any personal information
posted. SqoolTechs strongly encourages the
following guidelines and practices:
- Teachers/Parents must
not allow
guest access to your online course(s)
- Teachers/Parents must
have a
unique enrollment key for each online course
- Teacher/Parent and
student
login information must be confidential
- Students should never
post personal information including but not limited to telephone
numbers, street addresses, Instant Messaging Identification, personal
web page information, or any information that provides contact
information that may be used to personally identify an individual.
- If student email
addresses are entered into user profiles, be certain that one of the
following settings is enabled for each student: "Allow
only other course members to see my email address" or "Hide
my email address from everyone"
- Under "User Profile,"
use the city or town of the school, district, or home school and not
the specific
city or town where the student resides. If you do not wish to
enter a identifiable location enter "Anytown".
MEMBER
CONDUCT
You
understand that all information, data, text, software, music, sound,
photographs, graphics, video, messages, or other materials ("Content"),
whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, are the sole
responsibility of the person from which such Content originated. This
means that you, and not SqoolTechs, LLC, are entirely responsible for
all Content that you post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit via
SqoolTechs, LLC's services. SqoolTechs, LLC does not control the
Content posted via SqoolTechs, LLC's services and, as such, does not
guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of such Content. Under no
circumstances will SqoolTechs, LLC be liable in any way for any
Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in
any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result
of the use of any Content posted, e-mailed, or otherwise transmitted
via SqoolTechs, LLC's services.
You
agree to not use
SqoolTechs, LLC's services to:
- upload,
post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any Content that is unlawful,
harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar,
obscene, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially,
ethnically, or otherwise objectionable;
- harm
minors in any way;
- impersonate
any person or entity, including, but not limited to, a SqoolTechs, LLC
official, forum leader, guide or host, or falsely state or otherwise
misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
- forge
headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the
origin of any Content transmitted through SqoolTechs, LLC's services;
- upload,
post, e-mail or otherwise transmit any Content that you do not have a
right to transmit under any law or under contractual or fiduciary
relationships (such as inside information, proprietary and confidential
information learned or disclosed as part of employment relationships or
under nondisclosure agreements);
- upload,
post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit any Content that infringes any
patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, or other proprietary rights
("Rights") of any party;
- upload,
post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized
advertising, promotional materials, "junk mail," "spam," "chain
letters," "pyramid schemes," or any other form of solicitation that are
designated for such purpose;
- upload,
post, e-mail, or otherwise transmit any material that contains software
viruses or any other computer code, files, or programs designed to
interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software
or hardware or telecommunications equipment;
- interfere
with or disrupt SqoolTechs, LLC's services or servers or networks
connected to SqoolTechs, LLC's services, or disobey any requirements,
procedures, policies, or regulations of networks connected to
SqoolTechs, LLC's services;
- intentionally
or unintentionally violate any applicable local, state, national, or
international law, or any regulations having the force of law;
- "stalk"
or otherwise harass another; or
- collect
or store personal data about other users.
You
acknowledge that SqoolTechs, LLC may not pre-screen Content, but that
SqoolTechs, LLC and its designees shall have the right (but not the
obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or move any Content that
is available via SqoolTechs, LLC's services. Without limiting the
foregoing, SqoolTechs, LLC and its designees shall have the right to
remove any Content that violates the TOS or is otherwise objectionable.
You agree that you must evaluate, and bear all risks associated with,
the use of any Content, including any reliance on the accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness of such Content.
You
acknowledge and agree that SqoolTechs, LLC may preserve Content and may
also disclose Content if required to do so by law or in the good faith
belief that such preservation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to:
(a) comply with legal process; (b) enforce the TOS; (c) respond to
claims that any Content violates the rights of third- parties; or (d)
protect the rights, property, or personal safety of SqoolTechs, LLC,
its users, and the public.
You
understand that the technical processing and transmission of
SqoolTechs, LLC's services, including your Content, may involve (a)
transmissions over various networks; and (b) changes to conform and
adapt to technical requirements of connecting networks or devices.
PUBLIC CONTENT POSTED TO
SQOOLTECHS, LLC
With
respect to all Content you elect to post, upload, input, provide, or
submit to SqoolTechs, LLC's services, you grant SqoolTechs, LLC the
royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, and fully
sublicensable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt,
publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform,
and display such Content (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to
incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now
known or later developed.
INDEMNITY
You
agree to indemnify and hold SqoolTechs, LLC, and its subsidiaries,
affiliates, officers, agents, co-branders or other partners, and
employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable
attorneys' fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of
Content you submit, post to, or transmit through SqoolTechs, LLC's
services, your use of SqoolTechs, LLC's services, your connection to
SqoolTechs, LLC's services, your violation of the TOS, or your
violation of any rights of another.
NO RESALE OF SERVICE
You agree not to reproduce,
duplicate, or copy any portion of SqoolTechs, LLC's services, use of
SqoolTechs, LLC's services, or access to SqoolTechs, LLC's services.
GENERAL PRACTICES REGARDING USE
AND STORAGE
You
acknowledge that SqoolTechs, LLC may establish general practices and
limits concerning use of SqoolTechs, LLC's services, including without
limitation posted Content that will be retained by SqoolTechs, LLC's
services, the maximum disk space that will be allotted on SqoolTechs,
LLC's servers on your behalf, and the maximum number of times (and the
maximum duration for which) you may access SqoolTechs, LLC's services
in a given period of time. You agree that SqoolTechs, LLC has no
responsibility or liability for the deletion or failure to store any
data and other communications or other Content maintained or
transmitted by SqoolTechs, LLC's services. You acknowledge that
SqoolTechs, LLC reserves the right to delete accounts that are inactive
for an extended period of time. You further acknowledge that
SqoolTechs, LLC reserves the right to change these general practices
and limits at any time, in its sole discretion, with or without notice.
MODIFICATIONS TO SERVICE
SqoolTechs,
LLC reserves the right at any time to modify or discontinue,
temporarily or permanently, SqoolTechs, LLC's services (or any part
thereof), with or without notice. You agree that SqoolTechs, LLC shall
not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification,
suspension, or discontinuance of SqoolTechs, LLC's services.
BILLING
POLICIES
A.
All subscriptions will be pre-paid annually.
B. Automatic Billing. SqoolTechs, LLC's billing system will
bill your designated credit card for your annual subscription.
SqoolTechs, LLC is subject to any restrictions imposed by your
credit card issuer. If payment cannot be charged to your credit card or
your charge is returned to SqoolTechs for any reason, including charge
back, SqoolTechs reserves the right to either suspend or terminate your
access and account, thereby terminating this Agreement and all
obligations of SqoolTechs hereunder, and thereafter to collect any
amount due.
C. Revision to Subscription Fees. Sqooltechs reserves the right to
change the amount of, or basis for determining, any fees or charges for
the SqoolTechs service, and to institute new fees or charges effective
upon prior notice, by posting such changes on Sqooltechs sites, and by
sending e-mails to members.
D. Account Termination. Requests
for termination of services may be submitted by:
e-mail to admin@Sqooltechs.com
Phone Sqooltechs at
800-516-0544
FAX to 888-467-8241
Mail a letter to: SqoolTechs, LLC,
331 Fairview Drive, Union, MO 63084
Members who have pre-paid for an
annual membership will not be given a refund for the unused portion of
their membership.
E. Payment Options. Sqooltechs
accepts payment via Purchase Order, PayPal, or credit card
processed through PayPal. The following credit cards are
accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover.
F. Billing Security. PayPal uses
Secure Sockets Layer technology that sends your credit card data to
their computers in encrypted code.
G. Subscriptions paid by credit
card will be renewed automatically each year on the anniversary of
subscription. Credit cards will be charged automatically. To cancel
automatic renewal, please send an email to admin@Sqooltechs.com
at
least 45 days before subscription date. Subscriptions paid by
Purchase Order will be invoiced annually.
TERMINATION
You
agree that SqoolTechs, LLC, in its sole discretion, may terminate your
password, username, account (or any part thereof) or use of SqoolTechs,
LLC's services, and remove and discard any Content within SqoolTechs,
LLC's services, for any reason, including, without limitation, for lack
of use or if SqoolTechs, LLC believes that you have violated or acted
inconsistently with the letter or spirit of the TOS. SqoolTechs, LLC
may also in its sole discretion and at any time discontinue providing
SqoolTechs, LLC's services, or any part thereof, with or without
notice. You agree that any termination of your access to SqoolTechs,
LLC's services under any provision of this TOS may be effected without
prior notice, and acknowledge and agree that SqoolTechs, LLC may
immediately deactivate or delete your account and all related
information and files in your account and/or bar any further access to
such files or SqoolTechs, LLC's services. Further, you agree that
SqoolTechs, LLC shall not be liable to you or any third party for any
termination of your access to SqoolTechs, LLC's services. Upon
termination of services, the user will NOT be entitled to a refund
for the unused portion of their membership.
SQOOLTECHS, LLC'S PROPRIETARY
RIGHTS
You
acknowledge and agree that SqoolTechs, LLC's services and any necessary
software used in connection with SqoolTechs, LLC's services
("Software") contain proprietary and confidential information that is
protected by applicable intellectual property and other laws. You
further acknowledge and agree that information presented to you through
SqoolTechs, LLC's services is protected by copyrights, trademarks,
service marks, patents, or other proprietary rights and laws.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
YOU
EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT:
DISCLAIMER
OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THIS SITE IS PROVIDED BY
SQOOLTECHS, LLC ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. SQOOLTECHS
MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT,
MATERIALS, OR PRODUCTS INCLUDED ON THIS SITE. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT
YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK.
SQOOLTECHS,
LLC MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT (i) SQOOLTECHS, LLC'S SERVICES WILL MEET
YOUR REQUIREMENTS, (ii) SQOOLTECHS, LLC'S SERVICES WILL BE
UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, (iii) THE RESULTS THAT
MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF SQOOLTECHS, LLC'S SERVICES WILL BE
ACCURATE OR RELIABLE, (iv) THE QUALITY OF ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES,
INFORMATION, OR OTHER MATERIAL OBTAINED BY YOU THROUGH SQOOLTECHS,
LLC'S SERVICES WILL MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, AND (v) ANY ERRORS IN THE
SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED.
TO THE
FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, SQOOLTECHS, LLC DISCLAIMS
ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. SQOOLTECHS, LLC DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE, ITS SERVERS,
OR E-MAIL SENT FROM SQOOLTECHS, LLC ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER
HARMFUL COMPONENTS. YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT SQOOLTECHS,
LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE
LOSSES (EVEN IF SQOOLTECHS, LLC HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE
SQOOLTECHS, LLC'S SERVICES; (ii) THE COST OF PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE
GOODS AND SERVICES RESULTING FROM ANY GOODS, DATA, INFORMATION, OR
SERVICES PURCHASED OR OBTAINED OR MESSAGES RECEIVED OR TRANSACTIONS
ENTERED INTO, THROUGH OR FROM SQOOLTECHS, LLC'S SERVICES; (iii)
UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA;
(iv) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON SQOOLTECHS, LLC'S
SERVICES; OR (v) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO SQOOLTECHS, LLC'S
SERVICES.
CERTAIN STATE LAWS DO NOT ALLOW
LIMITATIONS ON IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF
CERTAIN DAMAGES. IF THESE LAWS APPLY TO YOU, SOME OR ALL OF THE ABOVE
DISCLAIMERS, EXCLUSIONS, OR LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, AND YOU
MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.
NOTICE
Notices
to you may be made via either e-mail or regular mail. SqoolTechs, LLC's
services may also provide notices of changes to the
TOS or other matters by displaying notices or links to notices to you
generally on SqoolTechs, LLC's services.
TRADEMARK
INFORMATION
SqoolTechs,
LLC, the SqoolTechs, LLC logo, and other SqoolTechs, LLC logos and
product and service names are trademarks of SqoolTechs, LLC. Without
SqoolTechs, LLC's prior permission, you agree not to display or
use in any manner, the SqoolTechs, LLC Marks.
COPYRIGHTS
AND COPYRIGHT AGENTS
SqoolTechs,
LLC respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users
to do the same. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way
that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide SqoolTechs, LLC
with the following information:
- an electronic or physical
signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the
copyright interest;
- a description of the copyrighted
work that you claim has been infringed upon;
- a description of where the
material that you claim is infringing is located on the site;
- your address, telephone number,
and e-mail address;
- a statement by you that you have a
good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the
copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- a statement by you, made under
penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is
accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on
the copyright owner's behalf.
To
report copyright issues, contact Sqooltechs at:
SqoolTechs,
LLC
Attention:
Copyright Department
331
Fairview Drive
Union,
MO 63084
By
phone: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 800-516-0544
By
e-mail: admin@sqooltechs.com
GENERAL
INFORMATION
The
TOS constitute the entire agreement between you and SqoolTechs, LLC and
govern your use of SqoolTechs, LLC's services, superseding any prior
agreements between you and SqoolTechs, LLC. You also may be subject to
additional terms and conditions that may apply when you use affiliate
services, third-party content, or third-party software. The TOS and the
relationship between you and SqoolTechs, LLC shall be governed by the
laws of the State of Missouri without regard to its conflict of
law provisions. You and SqoolTechs, LLC agree to submit to the personal
and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within the County of Franklin, Missouri. The failure of SqoolTechs, LLC
to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the TOS shall not
constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the
TOS is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the
parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give
effect to the parties' intentions as reflected in the provision, and
the other provisions of the TOS remain in full force and effect. You
agree that regardless of any statute or law to the contrary, any claim
or cause of action arising out of or related to use of SqoolTechs,
LLC's services or the TOS must be filed within one (1) year after such
claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
The
section titles in the TOS are for convenience only and have no legal or
contractual effect.
VIOLATIONS
Report
any violations of the Terms of Service to admin@sqooltechs.com
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